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Trump supporters file 'birther' lawsuit against Cruz in federal court
The Hill ^ | 02/12/2016 | Bradford Richardson

Posted on 02/12/2016 11:22:56 AM PST by GIdget2004

Donald Trump supporters have filed a lawsuit challenging the eligibility of one of his primary rivals, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), to run for president.

The lawsuit, filed Feb. 3 at a district court in Alabama, seeks a judgment "declaring that Rafael Edward Cruz is ineligible to qualify/run/seek and be elected to the Office of the President of the United States of America" due to his Canadian birth. Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada, to an American mother.

The five plaintiffs — Sebastian Green, Shannon Duncan, Kathryn Spears, Kyle Spears and Jerry Parker — are all backing Trump in the Republican primary, according to AL.com.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: birthers; birthorama; cruz; cruznbc; nostanding; orly; repositorycruz; tinfoilhat; trump; trumpkoolaid; ufocrowd
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To: Cboldt

LOL .. Sorry .. I meant to tell you my Creator was GOD, so you can argue with him .. since he’s “my authority”.


161 posted on 02/12/2016 12:22:55 PM PST by CyberAnt ("The Fields are White Unto Harvest")
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To: Cboldt

You were suspended??

We’ll have to get you a reprimand, from Trump, for that ;-)


162 posted on 02/12/2016 12:23:57 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: Cboldt
Judge Richard Gordon DISMISSED Lawyers Mario Apuzzo and Leo Donofrio and their ballot-challenge case of Allen v. Arizona Democratic Party.
And he did so “WITH PREJUDICE.
So your statement that "There is plenty of precedent. " has been DENIED by the courts !
163 posted on 02/12/2016 12:25:07 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: hoosiermama
If @TedCruz doesn't clean up his act, stop cheating, & doing negative ads, I have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen. @realDonaldTrump 2:45 PM - 12 Feb 2016
It would be considerably more difficult for the courts to argue standing, but they can just as easily evade the question with ripeness and justiciability. This one would be a District Court then direct appeal to SCOTUS, regardless of what the District Court does. And difficult for SCOTUS to evade without getting tainted, given the spotlight that would be on it.
164 posted on 02/12/2016 12:25:45 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Yosemitest

Yo can post those to ALL if you want. I don’t read anything you write.


165 posted on 02/12/2016 12:26:20 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Jane Long
According to Cruz and his supporters, this is exactly what it means...to heck with the Constitution of The United States of America....

Cruz is no better by doing this than obuma....all Cruz has to do is show he is a Natural Born Citizen of the United States of America, born on American Soil or have a document showing he is eligible to be here in America and all this would be solved...

If Cruz had such a document, he would have it on the media 24/7 so that tells me he doesn't....

Several things to consider....one his father and mother were not married at the time of his birth, or she was a citizen of Canada at the time of Ted's birth...in 1970, Canada did not have ‘dual’ citizenship...

166 posted on 02/12/2016 12:26:59 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ("The Force Awakens"!!! TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP!!! 100%)
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To: Jane Long
-- You were suspended? --

No. But The Final Harvest thought I was.

167 posted on 02/12/2016 12:27:46 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Suz in AZ

You’re confusing people who come here from other countries .. who were born of parents who were citizens of another country, and who gave birth to their child in their own country.

The only remedy is “Naturalized Citizen” .. NOT “NATURAL BORN CITIZEN” OF ANOTHER AMERICAN CITIZEN.

What is so hard about knowing that ..??

NO MATTER WHERE YOU’RE BORN .. IF YOUR MOTHER WAS A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN OF AMERICA .. THEN YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. It’s that simple.

Why is everybody making it so hard to understand.


168 posted on 02/12/2016 12:28:08 PM PST by CyberAnt ("The Fields are White Unto Harvest")
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

That was a carrot to encourage Cruz to clean up the issue himself.
Cruz passed on that! So offer is off the table (it never was they are working together. Remember O and his Kenyan BC would make his situation identical to TC. DT offered $5 million for records And then he and Sheriff Joe got very quiet Freepers who were with the original search team for documentation to support a freepers memory know why. That’s all that can be told at this time. Just remember for future reference
All involved at patriots who love the constitution and their country.
Be supportive it’s not easy for any of them !


169 posted on 02/12/2016 12:30:40 PM PST by hoosiermama (Make America Great Again by uniting Great Americans!)
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To: dartuser
Cruzers are not going to like this ... but it should settle the issue once and for all either way.

I support Cruz, and I love it. Just as you say, settle the issue once and for all either way.

The reason Trump keeps threatening to sue but never will is because he doesn't want the issue settled.

170 posted on 02/12/2016 12:31:13 PM PST by CrosscutSaw
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To: The Final Harvest

The Constitution says to be able to run for President or V.P. of the United States of America you have to be born on American Soil...all Cruz has shown us is his Canadian Birth Certificate...so where is the other paper he needs to show he is a Citizen of The United States of America?

If he had it, it would be on the news 24/7 so that shows me he doesn’t have anything...


171 posted on 02/12/2016 12:31:27 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ("The Force Awakens"!!! TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP!!! 100%)
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To: EternalVigilance

Yes, you should bring suit.


172 posted on 02/12/2016 12:31:59 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Yosemitest
Thanks for your research and posts.

Doesn't the following put it to rest, or am I missing something?

:Currently, Title 8 of the U.S. Code fills in the gaps left by the Constitution. Section 1401 defines the following as people who are "citizens of the United States at birth:"

"Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a citizen of the U.S. who lived in the U.S. for at least five years (with military and diplomatic service included in this time)."

Therefore, no case against Cruz? ?

173 posted on 02/12/2016 12:33:26 PM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: GIdget2004; All

After all the ”no standing” decisions by judges who were arguably protecting Obama from the same type of complaint, it would be very interesting if the courts started respecting citizen complaints filed against Cruz.


174 posted on 02/12/2016 12:34:37 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: Maelstrom
WRONG !
The ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF was NEVER QUALIFIED to run for PRESIDENT because he was NEVER a CITIZEN of the United States, Naturalized or Natural B own !

But TED CRUZ was qualified on the DAY HE WAS BORN !

The Arab-Kenyan Barack Hussein Obama II, (a.k.a. Barry Soetoro), ( the one guilty of TREASON ! ) has NO legitimate Social Security Number.
This disgusting Curse on our Nation named Barack Hussein Obama II, aka Barry Soetoro, has a real birth certificate, with his right footprint on it.
All you have to do is look for it.
His father was NOT an immigrant to the United States.
Barack Obama Sr. was a "Transient Alien" because he did NOT intend on residing in the United States permanently.
Barack Obama Sr. was a dual citizen of Great Britain and Kenya, and NEVER a United States Citizen.His mother could NOT impart U.S. citizen to her son, Barack Obama II,
because she did NOT meet the legal requirements to do so
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at the time her son was born IN the Coast Provincial General Hospital, MOMBASA, KENYA at 7:21 pm on August 4, 1961.
Democrats knew this and tried to eliminate the "Natural Born Citizen" requirement at least 8 times BEFORE Obama won his election in 2008.

Obama is NOT a United States Citizen, and is NOT a LEGAL IMMIGRANT.
He has no VISA allowing him into this country.
Barack Hussein Obama II IS ILLEGAL !

TED CRUZ is by far, the MOST CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE we've got ! So there is the law for the time Ted Cruz was born,
AND HOW Ted Cruz's PARENTS fulfilled ALL those requirements of the law that time, for Ted Cruz to be a "Natural Born Citizen".
Ted Cruz did NOT NEED a Court and a Judge to "Nationalize" him.
175 posted on 02/12/2016 12:34:46 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Cboldt

How many friends would sis have in those courts?
NY NJ
Bet CHRISTY is involved too!


176 posted on 02/12/2016 12:35:39 PM PST by hoosiermama (Make America Great Again by uniting Great Americans!)
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To: The Final Harvest

DoJ teaches new citizens that in order to be president, “you must be born in the United States.”

What is so difficult about that?
...with fill in the blanks to test you on it, too.

Need a link?


177 posted on 02/12/2016 12:36:19 PM PST by Suz in AZ
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To: dartuser
Wouldn't that then imply that no individual has standing?

Unfortunately, that is often the case.

178 posted on 02/12/2016 12:36:24 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: Duchess47

Thank you for your counsel.


179 posted on 02/12/2016 12:38:31 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: Art in Idaho

That’s his opinion. Here’s another

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ted-cruz-is-not-eligible-to-be-president/2016/01/12/1484a7d0-b7af-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html

Which opinion is coming from a constitutional law professor. ?


180 posted on 02/12/2016 12:40:33 PM PST by hoosiermama (Make America Great Again by uniting Great Americans!)
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